Anderson Jr. , John Leonard

Rank and Name, Motor Machinist’s Mate Second Class John Leonard Anderson Jr.

Unit/Placed in, USS Herring (SS-233) Submarine, United States Naval Reserve.

John is born approx. on Oct. 24, 1921 in Kentucky.

Mother, Gertrude Basham.

Spouse, Wilma J. Anderson.

John enlisted the service in Kentucky with service number # 6346660.

John was KIA when the Submarine was shot and sunk by shore batteries on June 1, 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

John is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.

Courts of the missing.

Thanks to, http://www.oneternalpatrol.com/anderson-j-l.htm

Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker

Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org